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City consultants present "Safe Move Tulsa" plan; aim to reduce street homelessness and house 1,000 people per year
Summary
Consultants from Klutch (Safe Move Tulsa) and Housing Solutions briefed the committee on a three‑phase plan to reduce street sleeping, expand shelter access and rehouse people. Officials discussed targets, capacity limits, pilot data and an estimated multi‑year funding need rising to about $30 million annually to sustain the system.
Consultants working with the city presented a three‑year plan called Safe Move Tulsa and related system modeling to the Public Works Committee on Wednesday, outlining targets to reduce "street sleeping" and increase rapid rehousing.
Mandy Chapman Semple, managing partner at Klutch Consulting (lead consultant on the initiative), told the committee the work began with a system model to identify gaps and calculate what scale of interventions would be needed. "What we discovered is that on an annual basis, there are about 3,100 adult individuals who enter homelessness annually in Tulsa," she said, adding that about 74% are experiencing homelessness for the first time and many can be served with low‑cost, one‑time interventions that avoid long shelter stays.
The consultants and city staff said key figures from the briefing include:
- By‑name list (people identified by…
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